Calculation Tool

My absolute favorite tool of Photoshop has to be the calculation tool. It leaves specific parts of an image in its initial shape without any jagged cutouts or any background image remaining. I took this black bear from this website and added it to this background found here to create this image. The tool has its limitations since it can't distinguish similar colors of a background and foreground, but a little tinkering around can fix that. The image is converted into a black background and white foreground. The dodge and burn tool are perfect for whitening highlights (foreground) and darkening shadows (background).

Sign construction

Just a little messing around with the tools in photoshop to create my own street sign. Straightforward sign that says do not cross flammable area ahead with a red "X" to further the purpose.

Comic Book Tutorial

I did a tutorial to give a comic book effect to images from this website
My image came out like so:

I like the dot effect because it blended in so well with the shading without completely overpowering the skin tones as one solid color/

Surreal Lemon

Imagine if lemons could fight back. My advice is to hide your assault rifles.
Design Log
Images put together were mostly cut out by using the pen tool. The dream cloud, tear drops, and explosion clip art were all taken from the custom shape tool.

Small Touch Up

Before

After

Design Log
Sponge tool was used to bleach the teeth followed by the dodge tool to brighten them. The lips got bleach out a little bit so I used the sponge tool to saturate and return the color. Cant really see any splotches in this resolution, but if you maximize the image a few red spots pop up. I used the spot healing tool brush to even out the skin and cover some of those spots.